Veneer wall structure



April 16, 1935. A, STEUER 1,998,261

VENEER WALL STRUCTURE Filed Jan. 24, 1955 7 INVENTOF:

rro A STEL/ER,

n .structures that form facing.

Patented Apr. 16,1935

bricks are used as a facing or fveneer over other the Y base gforgthe veneer'Ol One of vide aveneer wall structuregof. a rigidly and possi-31 tively interconnected form.,

Another object is te provide a'. eeinectoipe tween thefacing. or Yveneer and: the ibasefstrueturel of, a g simple form A thatwill.;v not -interfere with thecustomary layingA of the .-f acing,v` such as brick, and stillassure-apositive interconnection.- f-

Anotherfobject is to-providea designen-form of Ifacing,material :,that-is especially. adapted for such interconnection. i

Other objects ,l will appear-V lfrom vthe; following description and yappended claimszas Well -asfrom the. accompanying drawing, in'which- Fig; l is a fragmentary top plan view of a layer of bricks as applied in form of a facing or veneer to a frame-structure base.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 2-2 of Fig.,1.

Fig. 3 ris a fragmentary'vertical section on line 3--3 of Fig. 4 of a Veneer applied to a concrete structure. Y

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line 4-4 ofV embedded in the mortar between bricks may beV expected to serve as a sufficient anchor of a veneer facing by which to hold such facing to `any other structure."

However, in earth-quake Zones, rmortar frequently becomes disturbed tov such an extent that any anchor merely embedded in the mortar between the bricks will slip out of position so that any veneer becomes detached from the basic structure to which it serves asa facing orveneer.

As disclosed here, the facing material itself is designed and constructed so that a reinforce-v, ment can be properly applied;` the reinforcement', I for another thing, is designed of a special form,`

' to assure a proper interenga'gement; and a special arrangement for'a combined base-structure and ,awk-meer'y hasbeenprovided for;-` accomplishlthe.desired-results. f, A Abody :in formof a, brick or tile iscommonly the principal -part'jof a veneer or facingmaterial.'y

A brick orf tile of-a preferred form vis illustrated in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and fix `The top surfaceof such a body. 5 vis provided fwitha central longitudinal groovevgand crosswise grooves Lain communie cation withthe longitudinal groove, .there `.being Vfurthermore vertical passages extending from the intersections of the 'grooves to fthe, 4opposite rfiat could readily be placed against the side of such a brick Sa'with a layer of mortar between the two bricks when so placed. y

This proportioning brings the longitudinal groove 6 exactlyin alignment with the cross groove 1, as lcan be seen plainly at the corner arrangement in Fig. l, the cross grooves being substantially at the quarter point of the length of the brick, when considering the crosswise placingV of some of the bricks with respect to lengthwise placed bricks.

A continuous passage is formed in this manner in the veneer throughout its length and following any corners, which is used to receive the reinforcement l0, asAillustrated in' Fig. l, Yto become embedded below the top surface proper Il of the brick, or within the outer contours of the brick, as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3, by which this reinforcement is not merely located in, the mortar between the bricks.

To this reinforcement I0, a connection I2 is yhooked, as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, the larger portion of this connection I2 being embedded or disposed in the cross groove l thereby being also below the top surface proper1 of the brick or within the outer contours of the brick, so that the sidewise pull or supporting hold for the veneerl applies to a point within the outer contours of the.

brick body and not vmerely to a point within the mortar between the bricks.

No matter how much the mortar between the bricks become shattered under these conditions the connection for the veneer must remain intact and cannot readily become dislocated to an extent that the veneer could possibly become dislocated when reinforced in this manner.

The opposite end of the connection is securedV the reinforcement is applied as the veneer Workv proceeds upwardly on a structure.

A concrete structure, on the other hand, commonly requires that any attachmentsibe embedded in the concrete While this work is-going. `onthez ends of the attachments commonly protruding from the surface of the finished-concrete; toi-be bent as required for any matter that isto,be ap plied to the surface of the concrete. The outwardly protruding; ends off the connectionsl |23 would therefore natural-ly` havetorteflr'st lifted slightly-to allowjalplacing of the veneerbriokafter which'` the ends wouldl have' tofi formi-baci( downwardly lto hook" over'the reinftnlcement:A HI in the'mannerillustrated in Figi-3ll 1 l 'The form' `for a' -clmnection illustratedfinFg'. -5 ismerely a modificationn tomakeitapplicableas iniicatedfiat |25- in Fig; 1, tofengsgeF-two bricks simultaneously, the hookends1-ll10f anyfoonneotion alwaysv hooking into the vertical-'passages' of the bricks. 'f Having-thus described my invention, Iecla'lin.- 1. In a combined'baseandfveneer structure; a veneer proper comprising individualzbodies eachof rectangular formlhavinglinitstop surface rs longitudinal groove and"-v transverse' grooves at',l about the quarter poi-ntfoffthelngth ofthe bdyf and! in connnunicationv withthe longitudinali grooveand having furthermore vertical passages extending from the communications of the grooves downwardly, a base structure, and a reinforcement secured to the base structure and extending into the grooves of the bodies of the veneer below the top surface of the bodies.

2. In a, combined base and veneer structure, a

veneer proper comprising individual bodies, eachv of the bodies being of rectangular form and having initd top=surface a-longitudinal groove and transversev` grooves in communication Vwith the longitudinal rgroove with vertical passages extending from the communications ofthe grooves downwardly,k a base structure, reinforcements extending throughout the longitudinal grooves of bodies` placed endwise and through cross grooves Wherever any of `the bodies are placed endwise against-the'side of others, and connections having meansengaging over the reinforcements and being disposed within grooves below the top surface ofthe bodies andrhavinglother means connected tothe base structure. f v

' 3i In1a oombinedr base' andi veneerL structure; a veneer proper comprising individual bodies,y each orfthe-bodies-lbeingvoirectangular form and'havvingixrits topf-surfaces. longitudinal' groove and 

